2 But for fear of fornication,
-- --
let every man have note
his own wife, and let every
woman have her own husband.
3 Let the husband render
the debt to his wife: and the
wife also in like manner to the
husband.
4 The wife hath not power
of her own body; but the
husband. And in like manner
the husband also hath not
power of his own body; but
the wife.
5 Defraud not one another,
except, perhaps, by consent,
for a time, that you may give
yourselves to prayer: and return
together again, lest satan
tempt you for your incontinency.
6 But I speak this note by
indulgence, not by commandment.
7 For I would that all
men were even as myself:
but every one hath his proper
gift from God; one after this
manner, and another after
that.
8 But I say to the unmarried,
and to the widows: it is
good for them if they so continue,
even as I.
9 But note if they do not
contain themselves, let them
marry. For it is better to
marry than to be burnt.
10 But to them, that are
married, not I, but the Lord
commandeth: that the wife
depart not from her husband.
11 And if she depart, that
she remain unmarried, or be
reconciled to her husband. And
let not the husband put away
his wife.
12 For to the rest note I
-- --
speak, not the Lord. If any
brother have a wife that believeth
not, and she consent to
dwell with him; let him not
put her away.
13 And if any woman have
a husband that believeth not,
and he consent to dwell with
her; let her not put away her
husband.
14 For the unbelieving
husband note is sanctified by
the believing wife; and the
unbelieving wife is sanctified
by the believing husband:
otherwise your children should
be unclean; but now they are
holy.
15 But if the unbeliever
depart, let him depart. For
a brother or sister is not under
bondage in such cases. But
God hath called us in peace.
16 For how knowest thou,
O wife, whether thou shalt
save thy husband? or how
knowest thou, O man, whether
thou shalt save thy wife?
17 But as the Lord hath
distributed to every one, as
God hath called every one, so
let him walk: and so I teach
in all churches.
18 Is any man called being
circumcised? let him not
procure uncircumcision. Is
any man called in uncircumcision?
let him not be circumcised.
19 Circumcision is nothing,
and uncircumcision is
nothing: but the keeping of
the commandments of God.
20 Let every man abide in
the same calling in which he
was called.
21 Wast thou called, being
a bond-man? care not for it:
but if thou mayst be made
free, use it rather.
22 For he that is called
in the Lord, being a bond-man,
is the freeman of the
Lord. Likewise he that is
called, being free, is the bond-man
of Christ.
23 You are bought with a
price, be not made the bond-slaves
of men.
24 Brethren, let every man
wherein he was called, therein
abide with God.
25 Now concerning virgins,
I have no commandment
of the Lord: but I give
counsel, as having obtained
mercy of the Lord, to be
faithful.
26 I think therefore that
this is good for the present
necessity, that it is good for a
man so to be.
27 Art thou bound to a
wife? seek not to be loosed.
-- --
Art thou loosed from a wife?
seek not a wife.
28 But if thou take a wife,
thou hast not sinned. And if
a virgin marry, she hath not
sinned: nevertheless, such
shall have tribulation of the
flesh. But I spare you.
29 This therefore I say,
brethren: the time is short:
it remaineth, that they also
who have wives, be as though
they had none:
30 And they that weep,
as though they wept not; and
they that rejoice, as though
they rejoiced not; and they
that buy, as though they possessed
not;
31 And they that use this
world, as though they used it
not: for the fashion of this
world passeth away.
32 But I would have you
to be without solicitude. He
that is without a wife, is solicitous
for the things that belong
to the Lord, how he may
please God.
33 But he that is with a
wife, is solicitous for the
things of the world, how he
may please his wife: and he
is divided.
34 And the unmarried woman
and the virgin thinketh
on the things of the Lord;
that she may be holy both
in body and in spirit. But
she that is married thinketh
on the things of the world,
how she may please her husband.
35 And this I speak for
your profit: not to cast a
snare upon you, but for that
which is decent, and which
may give you power, to attend
upon the Lord, without
impediment.
36 But if any man think
that he seemeth dishonoured
with regard to his virgin,
for that she is above the age,
and it must so be: note let him
do what he will: he sinneth
not, if she marry.
37 For he that hath determined
being stedfast in his
heart, having no necessity,
but having power of his own
will; and hath judged this in
his heart, to keep his virgin,
doth well.
38 Therefore both he that
giveth his virgin in marriage,
doth dwell: and he that
giveth her not, doth better.
39 A woman is bound by
the law as long as her husband
liveth: but if her husband
-- --
die, she is at liberty:
let her marry to whom she
will: only in the Lord.
40 But more blessed shall
she be, if she so remain, according
to my counsel: and I
think that I also have the
Spirit of God.
Challoner [1752], THE NEW TESTAMENT OF Our LORD and SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST. Translated out of the Latin Vulgat Diligently compared with the original Greek And first published by the English College of Rhemes, anno 1582. Newly revised, and corrected according to the Clementin Edition of the Scriptures. WITH ANNOTATIONS For clearing up modern Controversies in Religion, and other Difficulties of Holy Writ () [word count] [B12000].
